A thematic analysis of Lay knowledge and beliefs about dementia among first-generation Black African immigrants from West Africa living in London: Informed by a grounded theory approach See

Background: Many Black Africans live in the UK. More than 850,000 people live with dementia in the UK, and more than 25,000 people with dementia are from Black and minority ethnic groups. The study explores themes of lay knowledge and beliefs about dementia. ...

Lay Knowledge and Beliefs Toward Dementia Among the Black African Populations in the UK and Africa: Evidence Synthesis of Qualitative Studies See

Background: The high prevalence of dementia among Black Africans, coupled with their lower engagement with dementia specialist services in the UK, underscores the urgency of understanding lay knowledge and beliefs about dementia in the group. Studies reporting lay knowledge of dementia in&#x...

What Motor Skills Do Children Perceive as Important? A Child-Centred Exploration Using the Motor Coordination Questionnaire See

Background: Understanding children's perceptions of motor skill importance is essential for designing motivating and participatory interventions. However, little is known about which motor activities children with and without motor coordination difficulties value, particularly in culturally diverse, ...

Misrecognition and Responsibilisation in Extreme Events: Towards Recognition‐based Accountability in Academia See

This essay interrogates how extreme events including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate disasters, and political conflict, amplify structural inequalities in academia. Drawing on critical autoethnographic material from an Early Career Researcher with intersecting marginalisations, we show how crises expose and...

Maps and Diaspora: Affect, Agency and Epistolary Praxis See

Following discussions, interactions and reflections during the 2024 Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) conference ‘Map Room Conversations’ sessions, this paper examines archival maps in relation to diaspora through an affective lens. Using an auto-ethnographic epistolary praxis of letter-writing and...

Existential security and the cultural evolution of secularisation in Mauritius See

Despite the central role of religion in human history and its continued global growth, an increasing number of individuals identify as secular or atheist across many parts of the world. Several evolutionary, social, and economic theories attempt to explain this process of decline, ...

Neuroimaging and neuropathological findings in older adults with COVID‐19: A cognitive‐neuroscience systematic review to inform the long‐term impact of the virus on neurocognitive trajectories See

Background: Infection due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been found to have detrimental effects on multiple body systems, especially in older adults. Acute neurological symptoms may be present and often associated with neural injuries. However, the long-term consequences of...

Structural and Functional Neuroimaging Studies of Vascular Risk Factors in the Alzheimer's Continuum: A Systematic Literature Review See

Background: Alzheimer's Disease (AD) tends to co-exists with other pathologies, with vascular pathology being the most common type. It is well known that the presence of comorbidities results in differential disease trajectories and heterogeneity in clinical phenotypes. The aim of ...

Influences of general and specific psycho‐social factors on cognitive health of sexual minority older adults See

Background: Sexual minorities (i.e. people who identify as non-heterosexual) show several health disparities. However, risk/protective factors relevant to cognitive health of sexual minority older adults (SMOAs) have not been fully investigated. The aim of this study was to quantify t...